CHRISTMAS PARTY

Here are some pictures from our Christmas party. We enjoyed pizza and Christmas cookies. The kids also had fun opening their Christmas gifts from Mrs. Debbie and I. Then we visited Northpole.com to see if we were on Santa's naughty or nice list. I'm proud to report that everyone in our class made the nice list! Thank you for all of the wonderful Christmas gifts that you sent to us. We are so thankful to have such a precious kindergarten class this year. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

You Better Watch Out, You Better Not Cry...

Santa Claus is coming to town. Santa visited Dug Gap...well a cardboard version of Santa visited Dug Gap so that we could get our pictures with him. Enjoy!

Christmas Readers

On Pajama Day, we always have Christmas Readers that come and read stories to our class. The class was surprised to see that Mrs. Ami, our student teacher, would be reading a story in our room! They were so excited to see her! She was sweet enough to bring us some homemade treats. Yummy! Thank you Mrs. Ami!

Raider Reader

We are lucky to have a Raider Reader this year. Kelsey Fowler is a senior at Southeast High School. She has been helping out in our classroom on Tuesday afternoons. Beginning in January, she will be coming on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Thank you Ms. Kelsey for all your help in our room!

Pajama Day

Mrs. Benson's Class in their PJ's...


The Dug Gap Kindergarten Crew in their jammies...

Christmas Carols

One of my favorite things that we do here at Dug Gap is sing Christmas carols with the whole school. It is so sweet to hear all of the little voices singing Christmas songs. I captured a few of the songs on video for you to see!

The Grand and Glorious Christmas Show

The kindergarteners always do a great job performing Christmas songs at The Grand and Glorious Christmas Show. This year our own kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Bryson sang a song with the kids. And a special guest showed up during the song
S-A-N-T-A...the one and only Santa! Here are a few pictures from the night performance.

 

December Brings Snow

On the first day of December, we got our first snow at Dug Gap! The students were so excited to see it. I must admit, Mrs. Debbie and I were excited too! It was really cold so we only stayed out for a few minutes, but they still had a blast!

Our First Thanksgiving

Dug Gap Elementary kindergarten presented our version of the First Thanksgiving. The students did a wonderful job performing songs and saying their lines in the play. As you can see from the pictures we had Indians, Pilgrims, and turkeys roaming around at Dug Gap! I am so proud of them. They did a great job!

 

Singing and Learning

I'm sure that your little one has shared with you that we do a lot of singing and dancing in our classroom. We love to use songs to incorporate learning into our classroom. It gives us a chance to move around, be crazy, and learn at the same time! I taped the kids doing a couple of our favorite songs. The kids got camera shy, but still did a great job! I will try to post more vidoes in the future. Enjoy!

You will have to go to the bottom of the page and pause the playlist to hear the kids singing.

We're Blowing Bubbles Over Graphing!

We just finished studying graphing in math. We graphed all kinds of things including if we could blow a bubble with bubble gum. Here are some pictures of the ones who could blow a bubble...

 

Happy Halloween...Again!

Look who I found at the Southeast Raiders football game. Our own Wonder Woman and Hannah Montana!!

Happy Halloween!

We had a fantastic time celebrating Halloween in our classroom! Our day was full of fun filled activities.

First, Mrs. Ami surprised us and came to spend the morning with us. The kids were so excited to see her. We love Ms. Ami!

Second, we were invited by Mrs. Baldivid's class to to the Charlotte's Web Fair. Her class did a wonderful job creating carnival games for us to play. We got to get our faces painted, play pin-the-tail on the pig, race cars, and many more games. Here are some pictures from our FUN AT THE FAIR!!

 

After lunch, Pre-K visited our class to help us carve a pumpkin. The kids had fun sticking their hand in the "pumpkin guts" as Austin referred to the inside of the pumpkin. It was yucky! Then, we carved a face, put in a candle, and turned out the lights. We also washed the seeds and baked them. Some of the kids were really surprised to find out that they actually liked them! Here are some pictures from our pumpkin carving.

 

Finally, we made it to our Pumpkin Party!! We had three activities to celebrate Halloween. We painted pumpkins, made witches hands, and decorated pumpkin cookies. It was a lot of fun. Thank you to Austin's mom, Mrs. Jennifer, for helping out. We couldn't have done it without her! After all of the fun, we got to sit and enjoy our pumpkin cookies and juice. We a a wonderful Halloween!

 

We love Ms. Ami!!

 

Amilynn Teems, a junior at Dalton State College, helped out in our classroom as a student teacher during August, September, and October. She was a wonderful asset to have. The kids responded well to her and treated her as another teacher in the classroom. She helped out in all areas. Her last day was in October and we are going to miss her terribly! We gave her a going away party to show her how much we appreciated all of her help. We love you Ms. Ami and we wish you the best. You are going to be a wonderful teacher!! WE WILL MISS YOU!

Raider Nation Pep Rally

GO SOUTHEAST RAIDERS!!

 

We're Going on a Leaf Hunt

We had fun learning about fall and went on a hunt for fall leaves! We went on to the playground and looked all around for the best leaves we could find. We then filled out an observation sheet that described the look and color of our leaves.









 

Be Cool About Fire Safety!

We got to visit Firestation #8 to learn about fire safety. Fireman Chris did a great job teaching us about what we should do if there is a fire in our house. He also told that that if our clothes catch on fire, we should stop, drop, and roll. He also showed us a smoke detector and reminded us that we need a smoke detector in every room of the house. Then we went outside and he put on the gear that he wears in a fire. It was really neat to see. Then we got to look at the fire truck, which everyone loved! Thank you Fireman Chris for letting us visit your firestation!

Hi, Welcome to CiCi's!

We had a Pizza-Riffic time at CiCi's! We learned all about making pizzas. The employees at CiCi's were wonderful teachers.

First, they took us into the kitchen and we got to see the great big mixer that they make the pizza dough in. We also got to walk into the great big refrigerator, BRRRRRR...it was cold in there! They showed us huge packs of pepperoni, cheese, hamburger, sausage, pizza sauce, and mushrooms. Guess how many pizzas they make at CiCi's each day? Over 900!

We also learned how to make a pizza. After they showed us how to make it, we got to make our own pepperoni pizza! We took turns stretching out the dough, putting on the pizza sauce, the cheese, and then the pepperoni. We did a great job. They were delicious!

Then we got to eat! We all got pizza and cinnamon rolls! YUMMY!

Thank you CiCi's Pizza!

Congratulations Lexi!

We have a new Big Sister in our class. Lexi's baby sister, Luci, was born on Monday, October 13, 2008. Congratulations Lexi! You are going to be a wonderful big sister! We know that she will love to hear you read your Jack and Jilly Readers to her.

We are sorting it out in kindergarten!

In math, we have been learning about sorting. Sorting means putting things together that are alike or the same in some way. We did various activities that reinforced teaching sorting skills. We played a sorting relay race, sorted M&M's by color and then graphed them, and we used the ActivBoard to sort shapes and animals. Take a look at how we are "sorting it out" in Mrs. Benson's room!

The Wheels on the Bus...

Bus Safety Week is celebrated every year the third week of October. In honor of Bus Safety Week, the Whitfield County bus drivers came to our school to teach us bus safety rules. As you can see from the pictures below, we learned how to safely exit the bus in case of an emergency. We also learned how to wait at the bus stop, how to enter the bus, and how to behave on the bus while we are riding on it. Thank you to all of the bus drivers for teaching us about bus safety!


 

All About Me

This week our theme was All About Me. We discussed how we are all alike and different. We are each special in our own way. We all enjoy different things, we look different, an we are good at different things. We also discussed our families. We made a special All About Me treat. On Friday, we shared our All About Me people that we made with our families. Thank you for helping your child complete this project. We enjoyed seeing them and they enjoyed sharing them with their friends.

In math, we continued to work on sorting. We introduced letter M. We also are focusing more on their handwriting. Please keep practicing with your child at home. We will continue to send things home here and there for you to use in your studies at home with your little one.

All About Me Family Project
 

All About Me Snack